Why the study?
Does negative pressure wound therapy reduce infectious wound complications in patients undergoing abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer?
Does negative pressure wound therapy reduce infectious wound complications in patients undergoing abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer?
Negative pressure wound therapy significantly reduces infectious complications, antibiotic use, and hospital stay in patients with perineal wounds after abdominoperineal resection.
Supports NPWT for perineal wounds after APR; confirms reduced infections and hospital stay in this RCT.
The authors present a review of published data on the problem of wound complications after abdominoperineal resection, and the data of their own randomized controlled study on 24 patients. In a group using local negative pressure method, the duration of antibiotic therapy was 5.0 ± 0.9 days, length of stay of 14.1 ± 2.8 days, infectious wound complications was not; in the comparison group, the duration of antibiotic treatment was 12.9 ± 1.6 days, length of stay of 28.4 ± 2.3 days and in 2 (16.7 %) cases wound complications were noted.
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